cosplay video question

[uchihachan]

recently there are many film, video, advertising using "cosplayer "as actor.

a lot of ppl call it as "fans make non official cosplay live action video." or "cosplay video"
or any other best name to call it as?

it is consider new category in film society? or still not yet exist?

this type of cosplay video usually show on cosplay convention and also internet (example youtude) and not for sales

and how to different it from official live action film, such as superman, spiderman, nana, sailormoon and etc.

last question, why a lot of proffesional video producer i met before
think that nana, spiderman. superman, are same category as cosplay live action video?

only cosplayer think both film are differ?

[robfalcon]

i know i should take into consideration that you hail from a country where english is not its first language, but i'm sorry, i had absolutely no idea what so ever what you were going on about then?.:confused:

From what i could make out of that, it seems as if you are confusing cosplay with actors in a movie having to dress in a costume like attire to play a nessersary movie role?.

And it looks like you might of been confusing a cosplay skit at a convention to a hollywood movie. Not quite the same thing.

Cosplay isent movie acting, its just a recreational pastime.

[uchihachan]

gomen~neh! XP .my english was not that good.

ok i will use example to explain my question:

a lot of video producer i met, they told me video A are same category as video B. Video B are cosplayer too....@_@

but a lot cosplayer told me that, video A are not same type as video B, they are actor/star not cosplayer.

example of video type A:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAO2hn-Hpo

video type B:
such as superman, nana, sailormoon live action, spiderman hollywood film, etc.

[Panda-chan]

The video you linked to were parodies. They are made by the fans for fun and don't have any connection to the original creator or the studios. They don't have to pay for the use of the copywrite since it falls under "Fair Use" since it's a parody and not intended to make money. All the equipment and costumes are paid for by the people involved.

The other type of feature (Superman, live-action Sailor Moon, Nana...etc) are all made with the intention of gaining money. They pay for the rights to use those names/images of characters. Those films are paid professionals and not necessarily fans. Usually financial backing for these big budget films/shows comes from a corporate source.

Sum up: They are not the same.

Video A: Made by fans for fun.
Video B: Made by studios for money.

[*Shiva*]

Exactly.

Also, the "actors" in Video A are cosplayers (fans dressing like characters and who likely made their own costumes).

The actors in Video B are not. They are people who are paid to dress and act like a character, and may or may not be a fan of that character.

Video A is also not considered a "film," so is not part of "film society." You would not see it in a theater, just on the internet, and was probabaly made on somebody's personal camera.

Video B you would pay to see in a theater, or buy it in a store. Any copies on the internet are illegal, most likely. It was made with professional video equipment.